With this, the Bank’s operations will focus on trade finance, initially capitalising on flows between Africa and France, particularly Francophone Africa.
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Wigwe was presented the Juris Law Award by Chief Justice of Nigeria, Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad at the 2021 Judges Workshop on Banks and Other Financial Institutions Act (BOFIA) 2020 which held on Tuesday, 12 October 2021 in Abuja.
The award follows Wigwe’s recognition as the Banker of the Year at the 2021 African Banker Awards (second consecutive time) and Best Banking CEO at the 2021 Global Brands Magazine Awards.
The virtual event, themed: “Building Global Leadership,” provided a platform to celebrate outstanding performance and drive the Bank’s ‘One People, One Culture’ ideology across the Group.
A winner of one of the most prized categories at the Awards ceremony for the second consecutive year, Wigwe was recognised for his stellar leadership in the market expansion of Sub-Saharan Africa’s largest bank despite the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Over the last 12 months, Access Bank has established a presence in South Africa following its acquisition of Grobank.
Alhaji Aliko Dangote, Chairman, Dangote Group, made the disclosure on Friday as the Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele, came on a final inspection tour of the facility in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos.
Herbert Wigwe, Chief Executive Officer of the bank, gave the assurance while addressing shareholders at the 2020 Annual General Meeting on Friday in Lagos.
The Bank’s audited gross earnings shows a 15 per cent improvement from the N666.75 billion posted for the comparative period of 2019.
The bank’s Chief Executive Officer, Herbert Wigwe, disclosed this on Tuesday during a programme with CNBC Africa Television.
Information obtained from CBN’s website on Sunday indicated that the MoU was signed between the committee and the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Muhammed.
CITN President, Gladys Simplice, made the call on Wednesday at a training for revenue officers from selected states by the institute in collaboration with Access Bank in Abuja.
The announcement was made at the Asian Banker Middle East and Africa Regional 2020 Awards virtual ceremony.
Wigwe said this on Wednesday at the 13th Annual Banking and Finance Conference of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria, at which there was a hybrid of both physical and virtual attendance.
Wigwe said this on Wednesday at the 13th Annual Banking and Finance Conference of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria, at which there was a hybrid of both physical and virtual attendance.
In normal times, I would have jumped at an opportunity to celebrate Wigwe, who is certainly one of the biggest revelations in Nigeria’s banking industry in this century. When he took over the leadership of Access Bank, the Bank was no. 5. Today, that bank is No. 1 in terms of share capital, loans, deposits, reach and customer satisfaction.
The tier-II capital facility was structured as a “10 years non-call five years” subordinated debt instrument, benefitting the bank for a period of five years.
The private sector-led Coalition Against COVID-19 has donated more extraction kits and silicon swabs to the National Centre for Disease Control to increase the number of COVID-19 tests by 32,500 in the country.
One noble attribute of the average African is that he or she seeks opportunity to do good. The African man is his brother’s keeper. This finds strong expression in an Igbo adage: “Let no one leave his kindred behind.” Access Bank and its Group Managing Director, Herbert Wigwe, just did that as Nigeria and indeed the rest of the world buckle under the COVID-19 pandemic.
The aristocrats in the system must manage their appetite. To rebuild the wreckage of the post-COVID-19 world demands not only a containment of the virus, but fundamentally a containment of appetite
Access Bank Plc has launched a new mobile banking application, tagged: “AccessMore,” to ensure easy access to funds and seamless transactions by customers, amid COVID-19 lockdown.